Monday, May 27, 2013

Gov. Scott vetoes hundreds of millions from state budget - TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA AND TIA MITCHELL, Miami Herald

Gov. Rick Scott signed a record-sized $74.1 billion budget Monday, but not before trimming off hundreds of millions of dollars in local projects and proposed tuition increases. Scott vetoed nearly $368 million in spending from the budget legislators presented him two weeks ago, using his line-item authority to strike $50 million for a coast-to-coast bike trail, $46 million in college and university tuition hikes and more than 150 other projects. http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/20/3406819/gov-scott-vetoes-hundreds-of-millions.html